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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST MATTHEW</span>
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CHAPTER 6
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Jesus continues the Sermon on the Mount—He teaches the disciples the Lord’s Prayer—They are commanded to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/1a" mark="a" type="I" title="JST Matt. 6: 1 And it came to pass that, as Jesus taught his disciples, he said unto them, Take heed  . . .; 3 Ne. 13: 1 (1-34)."><span class='smallcaps'>Take</span></a> heed that ye do not your <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/1b" mark="b" type="R" title="GR righteousness, acts of religious devotion; TG Almsgiving; TG Generosity; TG Motivations; TG Poor.">alms</a> before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
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Therefore when thou doest <i>thine</i> alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/2a" mark="a" type="R" title="GR pretenders; the Greek word means ‘a play actor,’ or ‘one who feigns, represents dramatically, or exaggerates a part.’; TG Hypocrisy.">hypocrites</a> do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/2b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 121: 35 (34-35).">glory</a> of men.  Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
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That thine <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Welfare.">alms</a> may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 14: 14.">reward</a> thee openly.
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&#182; And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 31: 14 (14-22).">hypocrites</a> <i>are:</i> for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.  Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
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But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 33: 7 (4-11); Alma 34: 26 (17-27).">closet</a>, and when thou hast <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 4: 33.">shut</a> thy door, <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/6/6c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Prayer.">pray</a> to thy Father which is in <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/6/6d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Meditation.">secret</a>; and thy Father which <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/6/6e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of.">seeth</a> in secret shall <sup>f</sup><a href="matt/6/6f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Reward.">reward</a> thee openly.
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But when ye pray, use not vain <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Eccl. 5: 2; Alma 31: 20; 3 Ne. 19: 24.">repetitions</a>, as the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/7b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Heathen.">heathen</a> <i>do:</i> for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/8a" mark="a" type="C" title="D&C 84: 83 (81-86); TG God, Intelligence of; TG God, Omniscience of.">knoweth</a> what things ye have <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 23: 1.">need</a> of, before ye ask him.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE It is in this way that you ought to pray.">After</a> this manner therefore <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Prayer.">pray</a> ye: Our <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/6/9c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG God the Father - Elohim/Eloheim.">Father</a> which art in heaven, <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/6/9d" mark="d" type="P" title="GR Let thy name be sanctified.">Hallowed</a> be thy <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/6/9e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Name.">name</a>.
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Thy <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Kingdom of God, on Earth; TG Millennium.">kingdom</a> come.  Thy <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Will of.">will</a> be done <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/6/10c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR on earth.">in</a> earth, as <i>it is</i> in heaven.
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Give us this day our daily <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Bread.">bread</a>.
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And forgive us our <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/12a" mark="a" type="R" title="GR debts, offenses, faults, or sins; TG Debt.">debts</a>, as we <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Forgiveness.">forgive</a> our debtors.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/13a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 6: 14 And suffer us not to be led into temptation  . . .">And</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/13b" mark="b" type="D" title="Syriac: do not let us enter into temptation.">lead</a> us not into <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/6/13c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Temptation; TG Test, Try, Prove.">temptation</a>, <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/6/13d" mark="d" type="R" title="GR but protect us from the evil one; TG Deliverance; TG Evil.">but</a> deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/6/13e" mark="e" type="C" title="1 Chr. 29: 11; TG Glory.">glory</a>, for ever.  Amen.
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For if ye <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Forbearance.">forgive</a> men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
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But if ye <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Forgiveness.">forgive</a> not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
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&#182; Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zech. 7: 5 (5-6).">fast</a>.  Verily I say unto you, They <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/16b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR receive.">have</a> their reward.
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But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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That thou appear not unto men to <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Fasting; TG Motivations.">fast</a>, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Reward.">reward</a> thee openly.
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&#182; Lay not up for yourselves <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Family, Managing Finances in.">treasures</a> upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/19b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR dig through (as an earthen wall).">break</a> through and steal:
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But lay up for yourselves <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/20a" mark="a" type="C" title="Heb. 10: 34; 1 Pet. 1: 4 (1-16); TG Treasure.">treasures</a> in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/20b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Stealing.">steal</a>:
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For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
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The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Ne. 13: 22; Morm. 8: 15; D&C 4: 5; D&C 59: 1 (1-2).">eye</a> be <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/22b" mark="b" type="Z" title="GR healthy, sincere, without guile; JST Matt. 6: 22  . . .  single to the glory of God  . . .; TG Dedication.">single</a>, thy whole body shall be full of <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/6/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 93: 28 (28, 36-38).">light</a>.
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But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.  If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great <i>is</i> that <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/23a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Darkness, Spiritual.">darkness</a>!
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&#182; <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Loyalty.">No</a> man can <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Service.">serve</a> two <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/6/24c" mark="c" type="A" title="Alma 5: 39 (39-42).">masters</a>: for either he will <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/6/24d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Hate.">hate</a> the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.  Ye cannot serve God and <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/6/24e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Idolatry; TG Treasure; TG Worldliness.">mammon</a>.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/25a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 6: 25-27 (Appendix).">Therefore</a> I say unto you, Take no <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/25b" mark="b" type="S" title="GR anxious concern; Ps. 55: 22; Prov. 16: 3; Luke 12: 22; Philip. 4: 6; 3 Ne. 13: 25; D&C 84: 81; TG Self-sacrifice.">thought</a> for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.  Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them.  Are ye not much better than they?
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Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
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And why take ye thought for raiment?  <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/28a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Meditation.">Consider</a> the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
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And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
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Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/30a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Matt. 6: 34  . . .  how much more will he not provide for you, if ye are not of little faith."><i>shall</i></a> he not much more <i>clothe</i> you, O ye of little <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/6/30b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Faith.">faith</a>?
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Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?  or, What shall we drink?  or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
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(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Hel. 8: 8; D&C 84: 83.">knoweth</a> that ye have need of all these things.
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Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/6/34a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 84: 84.">thought</a> for the things of itself.  Sufficient unto the day <i>is</i> the evil thereof.
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